Nn mailer what the neighbors say< the
Munsler* are just a typical suburban family
Herman, a dodt- yourself gardener, is always out
their, digging. digging, digging. If his flower*
are withered .ind hit shrubbery blighled, that'*
because be ha* a gray thumb, which if only natu*
rat since it matches his face. Lily Munsler has
her hind* full disciplining little Eddie, a mis-
chievous. red-blooded, American boy. She can
he stricl when she has lobe. Her motion ‘Spans
the rack and spoil ibe child / 1 Eddfn \n very
bright. He always gets good marks in school,
whoa he remembers to read the mind of (he
smartest boy in dasSn For a senior citizen-
Grandpa shows a lot of spirit. To slay in shape,
he still does his daily exorcise. He won t say
exaclly how old he is. hut he does admit he and
Faust used lo raise the devil in charm school,
The only one who doesn't fit is Marilyn, She’s
a weird one.
THAT'S MARILYN, MY NiECE/
J45TEN, THERE'S A DANCE
7CM0RBGT/ NIGHT AT
her college/ why don't
you INVITE HER?
WOW/ THANKS
FOR THE T IP/ IP
SHAKE YDUR HAND
IFlOOUtP MAKE
you cyrczsiwtf
1
a
MARILYH, I'D LOVE
THAT'S
10 TAKE YOU TO THE
THE
DANCE/ will YOU
(.AMP-
00 WITH MS,..
POST..
my don't you
BUT IF
ANSWER?
1 YOU
■ , , iMfcj —
MEAN
v n^T
MS...
23 17
yes/
sse/ i told you
YOU'D GST A PATE
IK TJME...ER, WHAT'S
WRONG WOW?
HOORAY/
AlARiL YN’S
somoro
•me
dance/
£VERYTti/N&/ NOW
THAT I’VE FINALLY
GOT AN INVITATION,
THE DANCE JS OFF/
THE &AN& CANT
MAKE IT/ -
DON'T
WORRY
ABOUT A
THING/
HAT WIGHT.
maybe
we Play
TOO
FAST/
THERE'S
HO TMH&Yfe
VWULDNT DO
FOR YOU/
X WONDER
WHY NOBODY
ELSE IS
DANCING?
smecvu
11, .
1 TO
[fS3
\Vcl
X S£c A MAIL-
MAN CQMJN©/
IT’S NOW OR
NEVER/ 81 QQM
SHALL NOT
PASS/
, . .TO THE
SARmCAMSf
iM TrlE HOSPITAL/
ht MfSTQQK
m CONTACT
lenses for
tranquilizer
fills AND
5LYALL0WEP mi
WHERE '5
MR,
bloom;
are YOU
thinking-
I WHAT
^THINKING:
r ARE ^
YE5...5AY/ YOU'RE REAL.
you
PftBTTY , . . 1 THINK/
ALL
WITHOUT MY CONTACT
Ri&NT?
LENSES,: X CAN'T SEE
, TOO Vj£LL/ ,
(GASP-'/ THE DANCE JS
TOMORROW NK5h7...AhD
WB CftMT EV£N GET
BLOOM'S ATTENTION,'
X&AX." I'VE
COME UP WITH
ASCMB^E THATS
(AHEM/) OUT
OF THIS
tYOMBf ,
XfSTERDAX I MAilEO
AVySftF A SPECIAL
Deliver package/
UNDE ft POSTAi- LAW,
ftLOOW/Hd/Sr DRIVER
IT TO US/
Then w£ MAKE
Guft PITCH!
f CHUCKLE//
HOW CAN BLOOM
pose mr
GET AftOuNP
THIS?
IN FACT,
HERE ME
COMES
NOW/
HEY/ JT'S
JUST
HIS
UNIFORM*
YOITKE TELUHO ME/
I’YE GOV A CINDER
IN MY OTHER EYE/
THAT WASN'T
SUCH A HOT
TRICK/
WHERE'S
BLOOM?
r^V
Wmw,
HELLO, POST OFFICE?
X WANT TO REPORT
"^"eR.„I GUE&S ^
THISJSABAO
A CATASTROPHE...
ISN'T IT HCHJESfllL
^ WHAT A UTILS
3 M/LE CAN DO?
you, with
Ttie POUCH,,,
LOOK INTO
#Y EYES...
LOOK YffW
MY EYES,..
HOW DO
you LIKE
THAT? HE
RAH AWAY/
HE'LL BE BACK
TOMORROW/ WEIL
FIN HIM DOWN
THEN,,. RIGHT,
GRANDPA?
WE'LL
MAKE
POtHT
OF IT/
ASP THIS iSMO TlVir
TO Ss choosy/
JWORWIWS,
M FilAT'i THE
:g TROUBLE,,
' MARILYN'S
Cant >ou think
OF ANY TOUNO MAN
... FftcrEftABlV
AUV£ AN0KCKIH&?
|1 TOOCMXW'':
■ V ■ b . | g a
HEPE
cones MR.
bloom, the
MAILMAN'
JOUIRE Rl&HT,
OSANQFft, This
15 NO Tl/1\E
10 BE CHOOSW
UGN * IP
SOONER
GO JVJTN
ATTILA
THE RUN,'
8U7, P3f? MR, BLOOM
GOrNGTOGH
KJWt, BUT HERMAN
L WOULDN'T LfTMEj
| N£Y£R STOPS Ml Hi!
I HE RUNS BY LIKE HE
3 WA5 SCAREP Or
something/
SHE'LL HAVE TO
face it SOME-
DAY/ SHFS
DIFFERENT/ SHfi'S
WHAT'S WRONG- WITH
HER? I JUST HAVEN'T
GOT f VOU SHOULD
PARDON THE EXPRES-
SION ) THE HEART
TO mi HER/
RIGHT NOW THAT'S
NOT TrtP POINT/
ThE IMPORTANT
thing is that
fAP&iyti goes
TO THAT DANCE/
WHAT AJRE YOU
LOOKING AT ME
for? in? rea
UKE A WEliTON
Out or its
CLOSET AT A
COLLEGE dance/
LlLY‘5
right/
LETS GET
BUSY/
I DON'T MEAN FOR YOU TO
TAKE HER/ BUT you SHOULD
BE ABLE TO0/& UP SOMEBODY'
WHY IS IT, WHENEVER THERE S
A GRAVE SITUATION, £ AUWfS
HAVE TO DO the
SPADEWORK?
Jm
^Hr. / jf gJB
H /*- • iMMMK
H<i ! n / Ai «|pjnp l
I KlOiV A WEREWOLF IVHO
MIGHT GO, KjT TOJt/ NEVER
OF I HIM io SHAVE/
HEY/
CAN ANT
OF >OU
CREATURES
DANCE?
j^r
through the NIGHT,
ik .OHLY IHt
charleston...
BUT IT WOULD STEP
AlX OVER MARILYNS
Fee r, . . SIXTEEN LEGS/
you KNOW/
COME OU, EVERY-
BODY' LET f S ALL
HOLD HANDS ANp
T RV TO CONTACT
THE UWN&f
"nie Afatfftri
t’lA
MKM3S
Mffli
sbse^des
m EYES
r MARILYN..,
YOU'RE NOT
THAT MUST HC IT/ THE/
DOtM HAVE CARS/ I'M
SDKE WE CAN SPARE
Ot/*£ THAT NIGHT/
THAT'S NOT
IT, AUNT
ULY/
THEY ALL RAVE
CARS' OH C SOB)
WHAT'S W&QN&
with \
! -
IF I YVEItE YOU, I'D START
WORRYING.,. THE FELLOW WHC&
SHOOTfK' IS WEARING A MASK
L£r‘S
GET
OUTA
HERE*
(Puff/ puff/) what a
NIGHT/ IN 2.000 TEARS,
I'VE NEVER 5 FEN ANT-
x THING LIKE IT/ .
-AND WE DON"
fWDA/fK HELP-
LESS VICTIMS/
THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK/
I’VE HAP m EYETOOTH
ON YOU FOR <?JTC A WHILE/
B-BUT I'M
YOUR
ASSISTANT/
HEH/
NOW, I'M SEVER.N&
OUR PARTNERSHIP/
any
AAAGH/. MORNING*
BECAUSE OF YOU, I DIDN'T
NOTICE IT'S NEARLY SUN-
UP/ IT'S
,„WHV CANT
VAMPIRES STAY
OUT IN
CO nCRE
YOU IS,
WOLFGANG/
WHAT'S
BECAUSE WE'RE SO RALE,
WE TAN LIK-E CRAZY/ TOW*
TUA~T CAA AflTC /
HAK/ HAR/ t KNOW A VAMPiRE
V, 140'S OUTER BUSINESS/
YCURE RIGHT,
FA1HER ' MY
F PONT TEETH
JUST GREW
BACK IN.M *
I LL TELL YOU / ONE
MAW’S SOU IS ANOTHER
MAN'S POISONING/
OWCH/
WL,
TRY THAT AG AIM, K.'D, AND
I'Ll GIVE VCU A PUNCTURE
IN THE iVQ$£/
LOOK AT
THOSE
PUNCTURES
i DO SOMETHING
FANCY LIKE TURN - 1
ING !NTO A BAT/ 1
1 /vo/last TIME I
' WAS al\vost swal- I
LOWED BY A CAT/ THIS 1
Tnjip tT| i gp a nr\r~ /
■ i (i fWC 1 lL l5 Z r-h L/lLJLr/
hlOT.HLHGCAN HAPPEN/ 1
WE FINALLY
i.OST 7Ht DOG 1
CATCHER/ /DU
CAN CHANGE
BACK /
HALF THE NIGHT
SHOT... AND ALL
I'Ve BITTEN IS the
PUSTJ
THAT j S WHY I BROUGHT you
HERE... SO WE CAN SINK OUR
TEETH INTO SOMETHING SOL/Pj
LIKE
WHAT?
A CHICKEN
DINNER/
CWCKEN TU/EYES/
GET 'EM/
HAH/ HAH/ DON'T
they know only A
SHYER BULLET CAN
DO Me IN/
QGC-*
■
anvone ever tell you
YOU HAVE AN INTEREST
I WHY PC
VAMPIRES
ONlY COME
OUr AT
HtGMTr
COUNT?
| THAT’S V£/ty IMPORTANT/ I V.J5T BE
THE SLW
BACK H THE CASTLE SEFCR!
COMES UP, #£M£M8£% THAT!
I C-ET IT/ YOU'RE
PUCK/N& THE
LAND LGR9. 1 WHERE
do we bite reoPLEr
DIPHT VDU EVER
HEAR ABOUT LITTLE
MARKS ON THE
TJHKCA’S OF MV VICTIMS-
YES... BUT 1
THfWOHT THEY
CAME FROM iVTAR-
in& scratchy
SHIRTS/
HO.„ IT'S WHAT IS CALLED - PUTTING
THE 3/T£ ON SOMEONE..,
Li<W[e \/o/ftang
All BITES
HEY, FATHER/
WHAT DO I
LOOK LIKE?
1 CHUST LIKE AW V OTHER LIDDLE
KIDDIE WHO LOST HIS FIRST FRONT
FUNNY YOU SHOULD
SAY THAT* COME IN/
COME tN*
MY NAME'S
WOLFGANG
AND X WANT
TO 8E A
VAMPIRE/ ITS
IN MY BLOOD/
[ shake HANDS WITH
gfij.- : - ■ : • r ^ m j.'r > ■>.
NICE GRUESOME]
COUNT DREGULA/ OUCH/
PLACE YOU'VE
dqnt squeeze the fin-
'M
GOT HERE, L , BUT
ger WITH THE POISON
. WHATS THAT
l ON H*
FUNN YSME1L? i
CJ 2 t HOUSES LOCK
EXACTLY uke the
m Hsmss
EtSef tell
me irs a
NIGHTMARE,
HARRY/
It/
iffifl
ZM> fT-ili j
■” \t«!l uLh
■f*^\ \ - jf
i ' D *
r heh/ kek/ leave
INSTEAD CP
1 IT TO GRANOPA
tWKHlNO THE
1 MU MS TER 70 MAKE
[
LATE LATE YCV-E
Nightmares
! LAST kokt. r
\ COME TRUE/ \
ms casting 1
SO*, 'if SPELLS.., \
NO'rV OUR HOUSE LOOKS LIKE
OTHERS, BECAUSE I CHANOSO ALL
the other houses to look uke
COPS,' C.EVER. 6H?
fSf&K') AND I
KW HOPED Ottit
HOUSE WOULD
LOOK UK? ALL
Tr£ OTHERS ON
M0CKN$3!RD
L we/ .
DON'T CQMPLAW/AT
LEAST T*= LAWN LOOKS
u;r= A SO GHASTLY/
THERMS HO OTHER ON
7r-= STREET O’J f= LIKE iV
NEXT MORNING
Y£5. JSNT IT
A CHEERY
SOUND TO V.AKE
UP TO?
hev; MW/
POP/
LOOK.*
I SEEM TO .-.EAR
HORRIBLE
SCREAMS ALL UP ,
AND DOWN THE /
STREET/ V
LlLV.,,VOLi'VF GOT
THINGS MIXED.' THAT'S
/vor A MAIL, MAN-
EATING PLANT/
■raffCw
r
(T S AfV#£-
GNGMe-emm
PLANT/
ft'Mcyr
isr
oof
SHAPDUP
AND PUT
CUT THIS
BRUSH
TRY ANYTHING 1 / CLAP
YOJR HA tiD5TM?E£
TIA\Z5 AND MAYBE
HE'LL DISAPPEAR!
I DON'T KNOW
HOW TO/ HE
BURNED UP MY
BOCK ON
DEMONOLOGY/
HOW CAN I
EXPLAIN THIS
TO THE LIBRARY?
that's finny/ the
VOLUNTEER Pf REMEN
DISAPPEARED/
WELL. t ,.THanS
close!
NO.' A PtR£-8R£A7HfHQ
EyOftWwJ
OUT CF Ttt WAY,5GHNy/
CANT VOI Sit m HCWm
. THE LAWN?
Gte, IT-5
HOT
-suddenly..
W&MEUi
H£ JUST
PASSED
THE TRUCK
HEAOJN&
UH,OH..,TM
volunteer
firemen'
QUICK, GFAiCPA, C-ET
RID OF THAT DRAGON/
DON'T
WORRY/ By
MOflWNCv
iYCS T CF i*
V/'LL HAVE
PLOWN
AWAY/
r ^
IN FACT, HE
NOW, 1
JUST TOOK
WHAT
THE CORNER
ABOUT I
ON OfiE
ALL THIS ■
WHEEL/
JUNK?
BESfCES, WE
HAVEN'T SEEN
OUR SCYTHE
SINCE N EW
YEARS eve/
AUNTLIL^J
DON'T you
THiNK THE
LAWN NEEDS
Momm?
BUT IT TOOK ME
YEAZS TO CULTIVATE
THESE WEEDS/
LEAVE IT TO M£/ I'LL CONJURE
up scvbth:?© that ll have those
I VEEPS DOWN IN /VO TIME/
WHAT'S HEA\MW&?
A BLACK MAO'C
LAWN MOWER?
SOUNDS fU&Hy ) JAZIY/, .. W- WE'LL
DO OUR BEST/ PiD VOU SAV THE TRIM
WILL G£ IN SLAOK 0RAP£f
NEED AN
EXTRA
HAND?
NO THANKS/
IVE GOT
ONE/
GRANDPA ,,.1T MO MSP/
first, my
DON'T you PAINT
THE HOUSE,
UNCLE HERMAN?
wonderful/
I r P like TO SU!LD ^
I might have
U5 A TWO CAR
THIS AU
GARAGE / THEN WE
SEWED
c&ild CALL IT "MS
up ysrl 1
ANO HEARSE"!
L_ J
he luo? yea this js the splatter paint
STORE.., CORRECT/ WE'LL MATCH ANY
COLOR/ NO CHALLENGE IS TOO GREAT!
1 WANT SOME PAINT TfC
COLOR OF WWPIRE BAT
GRAY COMBINED WITH A
TOUCH CF &U&ONJC BROrtX'
X DIDN'T/ I WAS
ACROSS TKE STREET
AMD (T grabbed mt
ttSL BiOOW,
KIMDLV DO
ROT TREAD
through wy
GARDEN/
1HH FOUR HUNDRED
tanna leaves that
I GREW IN MV WORLD
WAR TWO VICiDRy
-GARDEN.,,
WELL, LET'S SEE-,.
HERE'S THE CRAN&E'
LfER 1 SAWED IN
mo at the opera.
IT'S 66dit rwe
Tmev SC?U65€0
0>-F SQVS O e
TKg '■‘ P ** E/
mmm
n
ANYTHING'S
IVLCfiO/EMCKT'
A LINT LiiV.' ONE OF
VCl.* -LO-VERS SEEMS
TO KAYE CAPTURED
THE MAILMAN/
THAT'S NOT A
FLOiVfiR, DEAR
IT'S a WANT/
MAILMAN'
£ATfN&
PLANT TO
ae EXACT/
o ~ course
M 0 "hJVj , 3
MRFKiy
>ol: m a scxf AM
UNCLE M£R*WE y
COME ON,' LF*‘S
-MAKE TWfS HOtiSE
LOON' AS Mi-r£
AS ThE OThSRS/
TrfEflwJStepf
leMAH I AUIST 00
OOWNTCWN/ WHERE
ARE THE K 5XS TO
THE 8 ROOM?
50RRY, ULY.„
MARILYN'S USING
THE BROOM/
jp3 {tjj |H
D1-. .
/jR&k# -
s..|K i
i .1— v^^Hi
V^yX-SSl^
■ /r
MRS, CASSIUS 15 THROWN;
out a /orcf STUPE POP/
HEY, POP.'
I'M OKAY/
I'LL TAKE
AW,., I JUST
HAVE ONE ,YORE
COLLECTION TO |
WB'lL
JOIN YOU/
HOP ON,
ED PIE/
I WISH 7W5 ONE WOULD
HURRY UP MI3 'AftKE UP/ WE
'■^Vf
r <
BEE, POP* JOV UiD YOU
£>0 IT? X THOUGHT I HAP
still have \ocouecr
A LOT CF&EAP SEATS
^ FROM HIM/
L ^ W '
Hr.. J
OH m ROUTT £LT VOLTVE
COLLECTED FOR mEAETT
■V, S/X YEARS? j
MY GOODNESS/
H£ CERTAINLY DjD
WAKE If P WITH A
START, DIDN'T HE?
BUT dont worn WE'LL
CAUL YOU next TJ ME
SOMEONE'S S £</
WriATrSHUDDER)
GHASTLY PEOPLE?
IW A FAMILY
DOCTOR BUT
THAT'S THE
wrong-
these vampire eats had
BUILT A NEST IN W5 COAT
SLEEVE/ ISN’T TnAT
PRECiCLiSf
TOO BAD,
DOC.' WE DWT
SEEP YOU
AFTER ALL/ |
THAT MAN OSI
THE eiCYCUE.,
hE '5 going-
TO FALL,'
THERE MUST SE
A BETTER 'iVAY TO
BlilD A PRACTICE/
DON'T TELL ME I'M
Falling again; This
MAKES THE ELEVENTH
TrME TODAY/
YaHhHh/
ANOTHER
ONE/
i
[ mA
AT LAST/ MV FIRST
REAL PATIENT/ MAY
BE I CAN EVEN GET
TO MAKS A
IT'S ALL RIGHT,
SIR , . , I’M A
DOCTOR -
V' ■
IT Sj-.OCTS LIP
INTO TH£ 5 K.y
PLrRlNtj A
THUNPafcTORtt,
AND DOUBLES AS
A TV AHTEHNA?
f+ey/
WH&tE'P
HF &0?
I p£Fr EVEN Till
FSlSrtT THEATER
TO TOP THAT ONE'
jju 3 \iF
7 « i
m ' - m
S3^I#n
OF COURSE/
l UNOFRSTANPP
I RESCUED yOU JUST IN TIME, WENT
I, DO C? itA SURE jOU-ftE SICK AN?
TiRED OF LOCKING AT Si£K F EOPLE,'
l XNCiV yCU’lL OeT A KrCiC CUTCF
MY LA3 /
THERE’S NOTHING
IN THE HIPPO-
CRATIC OATH
about
THfSi
FIRST, Al/CWN liNvEXTrOH,.. THE
MUNSTER COMPACT'S] 2 E OPERAUN&
TABLE/ SO COMFORTABLE YOU COULD
GO TO SLEEP fORGVER ON 17/
LILY/ WHAT J $ THIS
THING OUT ON TKE P0F£rt?
HO SELF- RESPECTl NG
mu M/ ny would K ought
CtfiD IN A WRAPWN& LIKE
THIS/ .
BUT I f M /VO
mummy/
I'M THE
DOCTOR!
WHO WE? WHY I HAVEN'T '
BEEN SICK A DAY SINCE THE
YEAR OF XW£81ACKPIA6U£!
BUT YOUR COLOR.,.
YOU'RE SO PALE /
1 DON'T LIKE JO ERAS
BUT I STILL HAVE
THAT FRESH- GLOW NG
PALLOR/
hbw/this 15
All iv£ C*H
SA«£/ rov
lvAv£ 15
ALCNfi/
I hi s fashionably somber hon^tt in home, sweet borne
to the Munster*. It's (hi - pride uf Mockingbird Line; 1u
Rot ll better look ut H, live neighbors nlwnyji crows I tie
fltrael when walking pern. The ornnle tinlan reminds
y oil' of the day whiMi living was more gracious. Of
course, the decora live la aches require Frequent dust-
ing, as yon can see. But I he kitchen is modern: lI has ell
the up- Lo- date convenience* of the Middle Ages. The
bedrooms arc cozy. Grandpa prefers his mattress firm,
to eliminate nagging and Jumps, The secluded work-
shop is a relax. ng place in spend leisure time, brewing
potions. casting spells conjuring up visions. And
everywhere ihere's the pilter palter of lilllu feet in the
walls, on the ceding, down in Ihn dungeon. In short, 43
Mockingbird Lane is a dream home, a place where a
body can reslin peace, forever.
MrJ| i gj .■ ■
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